She Would and She Would Not

Event Information

Venue(s):
Fifth Avenue Theatre (1867-73)

Manager / Director:
Augustin Daly

Conductor(s):
Robert August Stoepel

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
19 December 2020

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

27 Oct 1869, 8:00 PM
28 Oct 1869, 8:00 PM
29 Oct 1869, 8:00 PM
30 Oct 1869, 2:00 PM
30 Oct 1869, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
She would and she would not
Text Author: Cibber
Participants:  William (Pleater), Sr. Davidge (role: Manuel);  George [comedian] Holland (role: Diego);  George H. [actor] Clarke (role: Don Philip);  James [actor, dancer] Lewis (role: Trippante);  D. H. Harkins (role: Octavio);  Fanny Lily Gipsey Davenport (role: Villeta);  Mrs. [actress] Scott-Siddons (role: Hypolita);  Marie [actress] Longmore (role: Flora);  Agnes [actress] Ethel (role: Rosare)

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Herald, 25 October 1869, 10.
2)
Announcement: New York Sun, 25 October 1869, 2.
3)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 27 October 1869, 7.
4)
Announcement: New York Post, 27 October 1869, 2.
5)
Announcement: New York Sun, 27 October 1869, 2.
6)
Announcement: New-York Times, 27 October 1869, 4.
7)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 27 October 1869, 4.
8)
Review: New York Herald, 28 October 1869, 9.

No mention of music.

9)
Review: New York Post, 28 October 1869, 4.

“Miss Fanny Davenport showed a great deal of spirit and vivacity as the pert and pretty confidante, and at one point introduced (with English words) ‘La Colasa,’ a Spanish song with which many years ago Señora Pico used to turn the heads of the then young New York—which is now the lean and slippered Pantaloon. In vocalization, however, Miss Davenport is not a Pico yet.” “…but the patrons had just cause of complaint in the long waits between the acts, and of the noisy, blatant music of Mr. Stoepel’s orchestra. In this theatre, of all others, could light and delicate music, and the performances of solo instrumentalists be enjoyed, and nowhere could the ear-splitting, brassy ‘medleys’ and ‘quadrilles’ be better spared.”

10)
Review: New York Sun, 29 October 1869, 2.

No mention of music.

11)
Review: New-York Times, 29 October 1869, 5.

No mention of music.

12)
Review: New-York Times, 31 October 1869, 5.

Brief; no mention of music.

13)
Review: New York Sun, 01 November 1869, 2.

Brief; no mention of music.

14)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 01 November 1869, 8.

No mention of music.

15)
Review: New York Clipper, 06 November 1869, 246, 2d col..

No mention of music.